| equivocation | medical dictionary |
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead. "There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions." (Locke)
Synonyms: Prevarication, ambiguity, shuffling, evasion, guibbling. See Equivocal, and Prevaricate.
(01 Mar 1998)
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